Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002

Consideration, for a claim referral or potential claim referral, means a fee or other benefit given for the claim referral or potential claim referral but does not include a gift, other than money, or hospitality if the gift or hospitality has a value of $200 or less.

To remove any doubt, it is declared that consideration does not include—

a payment or other benefit, not for a claim referral or potential claim referral, to—

a community legal service; or

an industrial organisation; or

a registered entity within the meaning of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012 (Cwlth); or

a school association; or

a sporting association; or

an amount given by a claimant for a service provided to the claimant as part of making a claim including, for example, an amount for legal costs.

In this section—

an association under the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006; or

for a non-State school under the Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act 2017—an association of parents and friends formed for the school.